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The Internet Archive is now accepting applications from public libraries, local and community archives, and other cultural heritage organizations in the United States to join Community Webs, our Community History Web Archiving Program. Community Webs is fully funded by non-profit Internet Archive. There is no cost to participating organizations. Community Webs seeks to empower cultural heritage organizations to work with their communities to build community-focused archives of websites, social media and other web content documenting local histories and voices that are typically underrepresented in the historic record. The program offers free multi-year subscriptions to Archive-It and Vault, training and technical support, as well as resources for networking, professional development and in support of scholarly research. Read more about Archive-It, a web archiving service, and Vault, IA’s digital preservation repository and storage system here: https://webservices.archive.org/. We currently have 170 participants from across Canada, the US and internationally. Some examples of what our current participants have been up to include:
Regina Public Library is creating web collections on local news, arts and culture, and Pride celebrations The Choctaw Cultural Center is creating web collections on the Nation’s history and culture, Tribal elections, and educational programs
We are now accepting applications from United States organizations on a rolling basis. Apply online today. We hope to hear from you soon!